Water Quality Legend

Current Status

Grey means water quality information for the beach is too old (more than 7 days old) to be considered current, or that info is unavailable, or unreliable.

Historical Status

When swimming season is over or when a beach's water quality data has not been updated frequently enough (weekly) it goes into historical status. This means that rather than displaying current data it displays the beach's average water quality for that year.

Green means the beach passed water quality tests 95% of the time or more.

Yellow means the beach passed water quality tests 60-95% of the time.

Red means the beach failed water quality tests 40% of the time or more.

Special Status

We may manually set the status for a specific beach if we have concerns about the sampling protocol, if there is an emergency, if monitoring practices don't exist or have recently changed, or other reasons that render this site "special."

Green means the beach has historically excellent or pristine water quality, but there is no current data.

Red means the water at the site has water quality issues or there is an emergency.

Grey means there is no current water quality information, the beach is under construction, there has been an event that has rendered water quality information unreliable or unavailable.

See the beach description for more information regarding their special status.

Adelaide Beach

Adelaide Beach is off the beaten path, which is either a bonus or a drawback, depending on your point of view. On the south side of New Providence Island within the small village of Adelaide, the beach here is long and virtually empty during the week. On weekends it is popular with local residents, who hang out under the shade trees.

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WATER QUALITY

Passed water quality tests at least 95% of the time

Historical Status

This status is based on the latest sample, taken on . Save The Bays / Waterkeepers Bahamas updates the status of this beach as soon as test results become available. These results were posted to Swim Guide on at

Waterkeepers Bahamas monitors 17 beach sites within its region, on the islands of Bimini, Grand Bahama and the western-bays in New Providence. These samples are collected and processed by Waterkeepers Bahamas staff, volunteers and students Cadets.

All sites are marine (salt) water.

Water samples are tested for Enterococcus at all sites, utilizing the standardized US EPA criteria of 141 CFU/100 ml for collecting and analyzing water samples.

Sampling is collected all year long, but the frequency of collection is few during the colder months.

Water samples collected from April 1 to October 31. Samples are collected every 2 weeks. From November to March, samples are collected once per month. Samples are typically collected on Wednesdays or Thursdays.

Results are communicated through the Swim Guide app, and are also posted on the Save The Bays (www.savethebays.bs) website, and on social media for Waterkeepers Bahamas and Save The Bays.

Beaches are marked GREEN when single sample results are under 141 Enterococcus per 100 ml water.

Beaches are marked RED when single sample results are equal to or over 141 Enterococcus per 100 ml water. They have FAILED to meet water quality standards.

Beaches are marked GREY when there is no current information or water sample results.

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Adelaide Beach

This status is based on the latest sample, taken on . Save The Bays / Waterkeepers Bahamas updates the status of this beach as soon as test results become available. These results were posted to Swim Guide on at

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Adelaide Beach is off the beaten path, which is either a bonus or a drawback, depending on your point of view. On the south side of New Providence Island within the small village of Adelaide, the beach here is long and virtually empty during the week. On weekends it is popular with local residents, who hang out under the shade trees.

Waterkeepers Bahamas monitors 17 beach sites within its region, on the islands of Bimini, Grand Bahama and the western-bays in New Providence. These samples are collected and processed by Waterkeepers Bahamas staff, volunteers and students Cadets.

All sites are marine (salt) water.

Water samples are tested for Enterococcus at all sites, utilizing the standardized US EPA criteria of 141 CFU/100 ml for collecting and analyzing water samples.

Sampling is collected all year long, but the frequency of collection is few during the colder months.

Water samples collected from April 1 to October 31. Samples are collected every 2 weeks. From November to March, samples are collected once per month. Samples are typically collected on Wednesdays or Thursdays.

Results are communicated through the Swim Guide app, and are also posted on the Save The Bays (www.savethebays.bs) website, and on social media for Waterkeepers Bahamas and Save The Bays.

Beaches are marked GREEN when single sample results are under 141 Enterococcus per 100 ml water.

Beaches are marked RED when single sample results are equal to or over 141 Enterococcus per 100 ml water. They have FAILED to meet water quality standards.

Beaches are marked GREY when there is no current information or water sample results.

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